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Martin Robinson

OPINION - I'm worried my kids are falling into a screen time doom-loop... and am I to blame?

It’s summer holiday time for the children, which can mean only one thing: six weeks of rows about screen time. Aaaand in the red corner, we have children with their iPads and iPhones, clinging with all their might to the captivating drama of Roblox or Minecraft or YouTube or whatever Incel training ground we haven’t even heard of.

Aaaand in the blue corner, we have parents with their own iPads and iPhones, as well as iMacs, hypocritically pointing down from on high about the dangers of screen addiction while frantically mainlining memes.

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